EP90 Dialogue 01 - Working with the Mind / Working with the Body - William Glasser, MD; Alexander Lowen, MD
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- Topic Areas:
- Dialogues | Mind-Body | Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990
- Faculty:
- William Glasser, MD | Alexander Lowen, MD
- Duration:
- 57 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 1990
- License:
- Never expires.
Description
Description:
Educational Objectives:
- Given a topic, to become aware of the differing approaches to psychotherapy, and to identify the strengths and weaknesses in each approach
- To learn philosophies of various practitioners and theorists
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Credits
Faculty
William Glasser, MD Related Seminars and Products
William Glasser, MD, who received his MD degress in 1953 from Case Western Reserve University was an American psychiatrist. William was awarded an honorary doctorate in human letters by the University of San Francisco. Founder and Director of the Institute for Reality Therapy, he was authoer and editor of ten books on the topics of reality therapy and education. He was also the developer of Choice Theory. His ideas, which focus on personal choice, personal responsibility and personal transformation, are considered controversial by mainstream psychiatrists, who focus instead on classifying psychiatric syndromes as "illnesses", and who often prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.
Alexander Lowen, MD Related Seminars and Products
Alexander Lowen, MD, was an American physician and psychotherapist. A student of Wilhelm Reich in the 1940s and early 1950s in New York, he developed bioenergetic analysis, a form of mind-body psychotherapy, with his then-colleague, John Pierrakos. Lowen was the founder and former executive director of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis in New York City.